Kijem Surname
Approximately 73 people bear this surname
Kijem Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 68 | 1:305,427 | 28,416 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Kijem (464) may also be a first name.
Kijem Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kijem Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kijem is most common in Cameroon. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kijem? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,220,661st most commonly occurring last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 99,829,396 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 93 percent of Kijem live; 93 percent live in Central Africa and 93 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 395,684th most commonly used first name world-wide. It is borne by 464 people.
This surname is most common in Cameroon, where it is carried by 68 people, or 1 in 305,427. In Cameroon Kijem is primarily concentrated in: Northwest Region, where 59 percent live, Centre Region, where 24 percent live and Littoral Region, where 15 percent live. Beside Cameroon this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 4 percent live and The United States, where 3 percent live.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Kijem
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